CREATE TABLE #a(identity_column INT IDENTITY(1,1), x CHAR(1));

INSERT #a(x) VALUES('a');

SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY();

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INSERT #a(x)
  OUTPUT inserted.identity_column
  VALUES('b'),('c');

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CREATE TABLE ReverseIdent (
    id int IDENTITY(9000,-1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
    data char(4)
)

INSERT INTO ReverseIdent (data)
VALUES ('a'), ('b'), ('c')

SELECT * FROM ReverseIdent

SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('ReverseIdent') --8998
SELECT MAX(id) FROM ReverseIdent --9000

SET IDENTITY_INSERT ReverseIdent ON

INSERT INTO ReverseIdent (id, data)
VALUES (9005, 'd')

SET IDENTITY_INSERT ReverseIdent OFF

SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('ReverseIdent') --8998
SELECT MAX(id) FROM ReverseIdent --9005